Meeting Abstract P3.67  Friday, Jan. 6  Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Competition between the algae Microdictyon marinum and the sponge Aplysina cauliformis EASSON, Cole/G*; THACKER, Robert/W; OLSON, Julie/B; SLATTERY, Marc; WILLETT, Kristie/W; GOCHFELD, Deborah/J; University of Mississippi; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Alabama; University of Mississippi; University of Mississippi; University of Mississippi cgeasson@olemiss.edu Coral reefs […]

Meeting Abstract P3.42  Friday, Jan. 6  Effects of Hypoxia and Hyperoxia in Alligator mississippiensis PARRILLA, Leah*; OWERKOWICZ, Tomasz; STEELE, Erin; MORI, Miki; LEE, Amber; HICKS, James; ROURKE, Bryan; California State University, Long Beach; University of California, Irvine leah.parrilla@student.csulb.edu Oxygen levels have fluctuated between 16% and 36% as shown from burial rates of organic carbon over the past […]

Meeting Abstract P3.47  Friday, Jan. 6  Effects of Chronic Heat Exposure on Protein Expression in the Mussel Geukensia demissa KARCH, KELLY R.*; FIELDS, PETER A.; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin and Marshall College kelly.karch@fandm.edu Geukensia demissa, the ribbed salt marsh mussel, inhabits intertidal zones from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico. Salt marshes […]

Meeting Abstract P3.144  Friday, Jan. 6  Dynamic Drag of Broad Leaves and Physical Models in Strong Wind JONES, S.K.*; MILLER, L.A.; HEDRICK, T.L.; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill skjohnsn@email.unc.edu Leaves reconfigure into cone shapes that reduce drag in strong wind and moving water, compared […]

Meeting Abstract P3.68  Friday, Jan. 6  Dwindling Sea Snakes at Ashmore Reef: Searching for the “Elephant in the Room” GUINEA, M/L; Charles Darwin University michael.guinea@cdu.edu.au At least 17 species of sea snakes are recorded from reefs, lagoons and channels at Ashmore Reef on Australia’s Sahul Shelf. Three species are regionally endemic (Aipysurus foliosquama, A. apraefrontalis and A. […]

Meeting Abstract P3.122  Friday, Jan. 6  Do antioxidants mediate sexual selection after an extreme oxidative stressor in Drosophila melanogaster? DIAZ, L*; LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, G; HAHN, D.A.; University of Florida; University of Florida; University of Florida dahahn@ufl.edu Almost all organisms are exposed to bouts of environmental stress. A wide variety of stressors from abiotic treats, like temperature and desiccation, […]

Meeting Abstract P3.30  Friday, Jan. 6  Distribution of three sponges in a Florida seagrass bed. LANDAU, MATTHEW P.*; CURTIS, MICHELLE D.; REILEY, SUSANNA J.; Richard Stockton College; Richard Stockton College; Richard Stockton College landaum@stockton.edu While the ecology of sponges on mangrove roots and in coral reefs has received recent attention, sponges in other tropical environments are less […]

Meeting Abstract P3.69  Friday, Jan. 6  Disrupting gene function in tardigrades by RNA interference TENLEN, J.R.*; GOLDSTEIN, B.; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill tenlen@live.unc.edu How morphological diversity arises is a key question in evolutionary developmental biology. As a long-term approach to address this question, we are developing a close relative […]

Meeting Abstract P3.167  Friday, Jan. 6  Did social monogamy evolve as part of a sedentary lifestyle in Lysiosquilloid mantis shrimps? WRIGHT, ML*; STEVES, I; CALDWELL, RL; UC Berkeley; UC Berkeley; UC Berkeley wrightml@berkeley.edu Although social monogamy, when a male and female live together for at least one breeding season, is characteristic of several ecologically important crustaceans, little […]

Meeting Abstract P3.108  Friday, Jan. 6  Developmental effects of ocean acidification on porcelain crabs CEBALLOS, L*; CARTER, HA; MILLER, N; STILLMAN, JH; San Francisco State University linaco@sfsu.edu Intertidal zone organisms, like porcelain crabs of the genus Petrolisthes, naturally experience daily pH fluctuations with extremes values lower than the predictions for future ocean acidification (OA). Porcelain crabs spend […]